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Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the mid-20th century. It is a tempera work done in a realist style, depicting a woman in an incline position on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at a gray house on the horizon, a barn, and various other small outbuildings are adjacent to the house. [1]
Grave of Andrew Wyeth, with the Olson House in the background, Cushing, Maine. The couple had two sons. Nicholas was born in 1943. Jamie Wyeth, born in 1946, followed his father's and grandfather's footsteps, becoming the third generation of Wyeth artists. Andrew painted portraits of both children (Nicholas and Faraway of Jamie). Andrew was the ...
Wyeth had already given a few Helga paintings to friends, including the famous Lovers, which had been given as a gift to Wyeth's wife. [14] [15] The works were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in 1987 and in a nationwide tour. [16] There was extensive criticism of both the 1987 exhibition and the subsequent tour. [15]
Andrew Wyeth. Untitled, 1986. Watercolor on paper, B3150. Unframed: 11 x 14 in. Collection of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
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Wyeth believed in the ability of ordinary things to carry symbolism, "profound meaning," and rich emotion. [5] The same is true for Wind from the Sea. Comparing the rigid window frame to Christina's resiliency, the decaying curtains to her disability, and the crocheted birds to her delicate and surviving femininity, Wyeth considered the painting to be a symbolic portrait of her.
Stewart started her lifestyle business at the Westport, Conn., home she shared with ex-husband Andrew. Getty Images Andy, now in his 80s, subsequently married Martha’s assistant Robin Fairclough ...